O.C. Hospital that Halted Elective Abortions Targeted for Protest

L. A. Times reporter, Jill Cowan, wrote an update to her June 16 article. Read the excerpt below and then follow the link to the full article on the L. A. Times website.

By Jill Cowan

June 19, 2013, 12:05 p.m.

Demonstrators said they will gather Thursday outside a prominent Newport Beach hospital to protest its decision to halt elective abortions.

Hoag Hospital’s decision was announced after it partnered with a Catholic healthcare provider, though administrators said the policy change on abortion was a business move by a hospital that performs fewer than 100 abortions a year.

Just the same, the decision to halt elective abortions has drawn fierce reaction from physicians, donors and women’s rights advocates.